All posts tagged "cycling"
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Features
/ 1 month ago[JAPAN SPORTS NOTEBOOK] Toru Oniki Leaving Kawasaki Frontale at the End of the Season
Ultra-successful manager Toru Oniki, winner of a J.League record four titles as Frontale boss, is stepping down in December after eight...
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 3 years agoPARALYMPIC ROUNDUP | Cyclist Keiko Sugiura, 50, Becomes Japan’s Oldest Gold Medalist
Sugiura, who contemplated retiring when she reached the half-century mark last year, built a 20-second lead by the halfway point of...
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 3 years agoJapan’s Medal Tally Establishes New Benchmark for Nation’s Athletes
With 58 medals, including 27 gold, at the Tokyo Games, Japan’s Olympians collected 17 more medals than the nation’s previous record....
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 3 years agoCYCLING | Yumi Kajihara Becomes the First Japanese Woman to Medal in Cycling
The 24-year-old Kajihara finished in second place in the women’s omnium race behind American Jennifer Valente at the Izu Velodrome.
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 3 years agoCYCLING | Records Set Amid Confusion From Crash Between Great Britain and Denmark
Tensions were already high as Great Britain was one of the teams that had been calling for Denmark’s disqualification for using...
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 3 years agoOLYMPIC DIGEST | Daily Highlights for August 2
~~ Athletes at the Tokyo Olympics have been performing super (and super-human) athletic feats, even as COVID-19 and other controversies swirl....
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 3 years agoBMX RACING | Reigning Olympic Champ Connor Fields Crashes in Semifinals, Taken to Hospital
Riding in the second position of the first 180 corner, Fields’ bike got tangled with the back of race leader Romain...
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 3 years agoOLYMPIC DIGEST | Gymnastics Legend Kohei Uchimura Fails to Qualify for Horizontal Bar Final
"I have experienced the low of lows when I wasn't doing well. So I am not as disappointed as I expected."...
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 3 years agoOLYMPIC DIGEST | Gymnastics Legend Kohei Uchimura Fails to Qualify for Horizontal Bar Final
~~ Legendary gymnast Kohei Uchimura didn’t qualify for the men’s horizontal bar final in his final Olympics on Saturday, July 24....
